Wrapping-machine.



0. RICHTEBLG: L. FREDERICK. WRAPPING. MACHINE. APPLIOATIUN FILED 11111111911.

1,008,197. Patented NW1-1911.

6 SHEETS-'SHEET 1.

0. RICHTER & L. FREDERICK.

WRAPPING MACHINE.

'APPLICATION FILED MALM, 1911.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

\|| H Il Il Il Patented Nov.7,1911.

O. RICHTER & L. FREDERICK.

WRAPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.14,1911.

Patented Nav'. '7,' 1911.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

0. RICHTER 6a L. FREDERICK.

WRAPPING MACHINE.

Wm f d i ww un mw 0. RICHTER d: L. FREDERICK.

WRAPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 111111.14. 1911.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.l

6SHEETS-SHEET 5.'

0.' RIGHTER'& L. FREDERICK. WRAPBING MACHINE.

'APLIGATION FILED 11.43.14.1911, 1,008, 1 97. Patented Nov?, 1911.

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chines, and it has l :OTTO RICHTER, AND, LGUIS FREDERICK, 0F SALEM, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

WniarrING-MACHINE.

f Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

Application ile March 14, 1911. Serial No. 614,329.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, O'rro Ricerca and LOUIS FREDERICK, citizens of the United. States, residing at,Sa-lem, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented' new and useful Improvements in Trapping-.Machines offwhichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to wrapping maarticular reference to a machine for Wrapping loaves of bread.

The invention has for its object to produce an organized machine including means for feeding paper from a roll to a loaf-receiving position, means for cutting the paper, means for supplying or depositing a loaf upon the paper, means for folding or wrapping the paper about the loaf, means 'for sealing or pasting the Wrapper and means for ejecting the wrapped loaf, the several operations being performed in proper succession.

A'further object of the invention is to simplify and improve the construction and operation of a machine of the character described.

With these and other ends in view which Will readily appear as the nature of the inbvention is better understood, the same consists in the lmproved construction and novel l arrangement and combination of parts which Will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In' the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of .the invention, it'being, however, understood that no limitation 1s necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,

but that changes, alterations and modifican tions within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when deslred.

In the draw1ngs,-F1gure 1 is a frontelevation of a machine constructed in accordance with the invention. F ig 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken onvthe line 2;.-2

in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverseI sectional view taken on the plane indi cated by the line'-B in Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrow. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional `ii'cw taken on the line 4-4 in Fig. 1, and looking inthe direction of the-arrow. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the bread wrapping devices, the frame structure being indica-ted in dotted lines only., Fig. 'G is a View in sectional ei'' vation, showing the paper folding members y in the act of 'folding the Wrapperabout a loaf. Fig. 7 is a detail View in elevation showing one of the upper end-tuclring members in position for operation. Fig. 8 is a detail view in elevation, showing one of the loaf end-tuclring members and the side tuclrers in position for operation. Fig. 9 is 'an end view of a loaf with the Wrapper folded about it after the first step ofthe operation." Fig. 10 'is an end View of a loaf With the wrapper folded about it after the second step of the operation. Fig. 1l is an endrview of a loaf with the wrapper folded about it after the third step of the operation. Fig. 12 is an end view of a loaf with a Wrapper folded about it after the completionof the operation. Figs. 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 are diagrammatic views of the folding devices, showing the relative positions occupied druing various steps of the'operation.

Corresponding parts in the several figures r" enoted by like characters of reference. The frame structure A of the improved machine is provided with bearings in which the front and rear driving shafts 1, 2 are supported for rotation, said shafts being connected together by .a chain or link belt 3 engaging sprocket wheels 4, i5 upon said shafts. power supplied in any convenient manner to either one of said shafts. Bearings are provided at one end of the frame structure for a'shaft 6 carrying a. roll of paper 7 which supplies the Wrapping material. The paper web 8 is guided between feed rollers 9, 10, the bearings 11 of one of which are forced in the direction of the bearings 12 of its mate by meansof springslB, whereby the feed rollers are enabled to grip the web with a sufficient degree of tension to` feed the same. videdwith a clutch member 14 engaging a mating clutch member 15 formed upon. a

The machine may be driven by Oye of the feed rollers is `pro` Y.

pinion 16 which is loosely mounted upon the shaft- 1? carrying'the said roller, the clutch pinion being forced. in the direction of the clutch member 14 by the action of a I roller will remain stationary.I The clutch pinion 16 is engaged -by a pivotally supported rack segment 19 having an arm 20 provided with a slot 21 in which a pin or bolt 22 is adjustably mounted, said bolt bemen wilh the pi one direeti e ieppel mein- "oelii se he in olf lihe bolla l l V y i ine reen n lhe liippel; nienibe p n `ieotio nient ond he elige Z5 by ille oe f the oluieli collar lo he rotated illy upon shnifl; i8 While ehe 3io d roller reninins fiffoziryv 'lhe papel web in d of lzonnry binde l0 and l erin olf which o will Le upper end ol o, s'nilaobiy linli the lower end of which lies in the e if e. or leipjel; winnen i disk elif ounied upon the drie: e

i elio oonsil'niee o, Pom je j i lhe ineohfinisnl actuated, as will be hereinafter described.

The loof supporting table is mounted upon leeuilo'ble support d2 below the feed ehue lil 'wliieh inoludee :i Suitable easing 4S in which e pair of vertically disposed jow members lf-l are pi'voially Supported intermedio/te their ends, ns shown ai 45, oid jew' inenibere being provided with irnos All th entend ihren l slots l? in opposite sidesille eoeinr. 'lhe ende of the orme projecting one eide oi" the @aging ne oonnel.. `l lo lier hv n. :Hiring 4b, whereby ille lower "mv ineniheri oro proieolz ion el eguali. lor, the mow l by Contact of the unime indicated in. iena perm-1 ly the restoreet one operation. The manner of supplying ihe loaves to the feed chute ieno part 'of the pre ont invenion. v-

ne onlie of the arms lo which. project lihrmggh the oppoeite side oil the easing are disposed in libe path of beveled come or mp pei members 4S), Figs. 2 and assooini'ell with disks 50 upon a transversely"- diepoeed shaft 5l lo which motion in the proper direelion only be imparted from the hiring shell' 2 by any Suitable menns,' such,

'for insieme, :is n verliool shelft, lvhe ends oi? which ore oonneeied by bevel geziring 53, will the shuffle und 5l, reepeolivoly.

le will bo understood that che peper web is n be nrojec ed lijf ihe `feed mechanism beneath llie nier)-1 enlle." :ind above the supbwliiig table l-l, theA actuation ofv the 1nove Cutler 'lo sever the ii'iolpping materiel unil limi'. of the movable jaws io releasen lon'if and lo denoeit the some upon the Wrap j). lo materiel on elle supporting table being pri 'rly 'iinedjzind )erfornied in' proper sequence. ',lhe Support #l2 of the breed table L-l-l is n iounled upon and exiends upwardly from o base which 'ie composed of two verlil :illy di*` inlerseeling each other al righi ongles,jas

clearly seen in Fig. 5. rlhe phil-e 55 provided with vertical slots 57 having converging curved or arcuate upper-ends 58,- and supported adjacent toeach of said' slots 1s o. slide 5) lamine; ,guide pins GO, Gl engaging lhe slot and operating therein. The guide pins (ll are extended in thepoth of :ietuab ingr arms: or leiferl (l2 which are 'ulcruimed on uprights (33 sind the Ineens for operating which will be presently described. Pivot- A:illy conneeled with the lower vguide'pins nre links or leiers (34', the inner ende of which ore exlenclefl so :is lo l?" engaged by lli-e elude or stop members upon the plaie .33 when lhe slides; 59 approach the upper 1. lfigg. f3. Fivotally connected with the 'upper onde ol? the slides 59 are the folding memhero which consistof plates G6, said plates heine; provided with lugs or braelcets 67 upon which the links 59 are pivote'd." ,The lower edges. of the plates GG are provided willi imm-ned(langes 68 adapted lo Contact with the iniflersil'le of the breed Supporting ioblo.

muil: ol? their'"movements, as indicated iny ilingedly eonneolzed with the upper lll!) vided with lugs i2 which are connected by sides ofy the hat.

edges of the plates 66 are tiatps llt) having arms or brackets 70 which are pivotally eon-`V nested with the upperends oli links or con- Erecting rods 7l, the lower ends of which are pivotaily connected with the outer ends ot' the arms or levers (54:.` The ilaps t.) are proeoiitraetile springs 73 with lugs Tl that extend laterally from the plates (it, and the. latter are provided with upwardly extending stop nieinbers T5. The .springsl T23 serve to keep the flaps (3l) normally extended in aliiieinent with the plates t'itl. the stop meinbers 75 being arranged in the path of said tiaps toliinit their movement in an outward direction; but said flaps may be tolded or bent from the plates (Sti in an inward direction toward each other, against the tension 'ot' the springs T4 by the nieaiis provided `lor the purpose. Yb'hen the slides 55) are moved upward from the initial position shown in Fig. 3 by the action ot the leversl (32 engag- 'ing the pins (31, the plates (lo farryiug the flaps (if), which are extended in alim-nient therewith, will be moved upwardly adjarent to the sides of the bread supporting table. Assuming the wrapping material and the loaf to have been previously deposited upon said table. the side portions ot the wrapping sheet will be. carried upward adjacent to the sides of the loaf until the slides approach the upper limit. ot' their increment. The inner ends et the links or levers (3l will now engage the st( p members (l5, thereby tilting the outer ends ot said links upward as the upward movement ofthe slides 59 recedes. This upward movement et the slidesvwill, however, be checked by the tlanges (SS-of the platestt engaging the underside of the the tension of the spriiigsi, thereby tolding the edges of the wrapping sheet over the top of the loaf. The operation inav be readily so timed that the movementot' one of the flaps will slightly pi'eeed. that ot the fotiie' flap, so that one edge ofthe' wrapping 'sheet will Vbe placed above and. upon the opposite edge to presentthe iippere'anec in-l .iiicated in Fig. 9.

Slidably Supported between the end walls of the casing 43 ot the bread chuteand the interior jaWKmembers Ll ot said chute are slides Z5, each provided with-guide pins 76 extending through a slot 77, said guide pinspbeiag connected together by a keeper TS which likewise projects through .said slot. .-i ifetracting spring Tt) is suitably connected with one ot the pins T6. Each keeper TH is engaged by one end oi' arin of a lever St) iuleiuined at Si, and the other arm ot' which lies in the path o'l cani members Si., Si); upon the disks .3() which are mounted upon the shat't 5l liereinliel'ore described. it being understood that each disk carries two suitably v i disposed cam members Sil, Si), which will sureessively engage one ot the levers Htl. so that' the .slide :i-ssoeiated wai-tti such lever will be actuated twice to each rotation ot the disk 5t). lt is also, ot course. tobe understood that the cani members S2, .s2-l are to be so dis posed that the operation otl the slides T5 will be properly timed. l`he slides T5 are equipped at their lower ends with turliing nien'ibers or blades Hl, as best seen in Fig. vl. l The plate 5t) which inten-:eels the plate 55 at right angles is -provided adjacent to its edges and at, opposite sides ot the plate 55 willi guide slots Si'rthe upper ends of which are curved inward in the direction ot each other, as shown at 8G.

lQupported adjacent' to lach slot 85 is a slide S7 having pins or guide members SS' that extend into or through the slot, one of said guide nie'iiibers being connected with one end ot a retract-ing spring 8S), .the opposite end oi which is suitably connected with the framework of the machine to torce the slide in a downwardV direction. Associated with each sli-de 8T and movable therewith is a triangular cani ineniber tltlwhieh projects at opposite sides ot the plate 5G, being provided with beveled faces 91 adapted to en -v gage the beveled vlower ends of levers 92 which are fulcrurn'ed at 93 upon brackets 9i that project upon opposite sides of the plato 5G. Each slide 87 is provided with a tappet stud 95 lying in the path of one arin ot` a lever Sltj lulcrunied upon an upright'll?. The upper ends of the levers 92 are equipped willi 'tueking blades 0S, and said 'upper ends 'are normally thi-'own outward troni each otherbyl the action o'l" suitably arranged Springs'tlt). The slides S7 are also equipped at their upper ends willi folding blades 100,. the operation of which will be presently described. l

The .levers 06, see Fig. 3, are extended in the path of levers 101 which are iiilcrumed upon-suitable supporting members, as indicated at 102, said levers being extended in the path ofpam members 103 associated with disks 104, 105 which are mounted upon the shafts l and 2, respectively. It will be seen that whenthe levers 101 are actuated by the cams 103, the engaged ends of thelevers 9G Will be depressed, thus lifting the slides 87 against the tension oi the springs 8S) and :aiising'the folding blades'lOO to be moved upward past the ends of the loaf support;- ving table. At the same time, the lower ends ios Q1. rupon suitable uprights 11,0, 111, are

Locale? of the levers 02 will be forced apart by the l upon the loaf supporting table, how the action ot the cams 01 against said levers i loaf is deposited upon the wrapping mate and against the tension ot the springs nl), thus forcing the opposed tuckiiig blades 05 -at each end of the loaf supporting table in the direction of each other. Then the iipper guide member S8 engages the curved upper end of the slot 85, the upper end ol the slide 87 will be slightly tilted in the direction otl the loaf supporting table, thus causing the vfolding blade 10() to be pressed in the` direction ofthe end ot the leal". ldlien the levers 101 are disengaged 'lroni the cam members 103, the parts will be retracted by the action ot' the spriinqsy Sl).

The disk 101, in addition to the cam meniber 103, is provided with a cam projection 106 making a similar cam projection 10i' upon the disk Ll() which, as previously described, is mounted upon the driving slialt Levers 108, 100, which are ifiilcriiiiied tended in the path oi the cani members 1013, 107, and said levers are connected by linksl 112, 113 with, the levers G2 which are thereby actuated to operate the sheet folding devices, as previously described.

An ejecting device is provided which consists oit an arin 11e which is liingedly connected at 115 with the traine et the machine, and it is engaged by a suitably constructed cam Wheel 116 upon the driving/shaft a spring 117 being provided to4 force the arm 114 in the direction of the cani wheel to. hold it in engagement therewith. Hingedly connected with the arm ll-l adjacent to the upper' end of the latter is a suii'.- ably guided plunger 118 which is adapted io be projected by the action of the spring 1liover the loaf supporting table in the direction of a discharge chiite 11S). During the greater portion of the rotation of the cani Wheel 11G, the ejecting device is held in retracted position against the tension of the spring 117, but the cani wheel has a llaltened tace 120 which permits the ejector arm 114: at one time 'during the rotation oi the cam wheel to be quickly moved by the Aaction of the spring 117 across the loa't' sup porting table for the purpose of projectingthe wrapped loaf on to the chute lli), the ejector being quickly retracted against the tension of the spring 117 to a non-obstructing position witirreferenee to the loa'l supporting table and the feed chute. lffiluitably supported upon the slides i7 carrying the tiiekingniembers 84,' and suitably connected with and spaced Yfrom said tiicking blades are brush members 121 which are. coiineclcd by flexible ducts 122 with suitably arranged reservoirs 123 containing' liquid glue or ienient of any descriptionwhich may thus be applied to the wrappers.

. 5 movable means slidably connected i\ lt has in the lfoi'egoing been described hnwH leed chute t'or Yfolding the wrapp l5 the wraixiping paper is supplied and placed l rial downward rial and how the folding devices are actuated to fold the two sides of the sheet over the top of the loaf. This operation is fol-- lowed by the rapid descent of the tucking members Sft, whereby the ends of the wrapping iiiatciial are folded downward upon the ends olI the loaf, as indicated in Fig. 10. During this iirst operati-on ot the blades or tiicking members S-l the brush members 121 will not contact with any portion oftlie wrapping material. During, or immediately succeeding the first retracting inove ment of the blades S1, the slides 8'? are moved upward, engaging and actuating the `levers 92, whereby the tii'cking members 08 will fold the wrapping material from opposite sides of the loaf upon the ends of the latter, producing folds which are indicated at 19t in Figs. .l1 and l2. While the tuckingI nreii'ibez's 98 are thus engaged, the blades S1 descend a second time and yare immediately -ollowed bythe upwardly movingn blades 100 carried by the slides 87, and

whereby the tongue 125 of the wrapping material at each end of the loaf is folded iipward and inal'ie direction oit the end of the loaf, being at the saine time wiped over the brushes which aie inoislened with adhesive material. The blades carrying the brushes are retracted before the blades 100 oomplete their upward and final ytilting Inoveiuent in the direction of the ends oit the loaf, which results in the flaps or tongues 125 which are inoistened with adhesive mat/:rial being pressed firmly against the tiaps 1% and the previously dowiiturned ends ot the wrapping material, as clearly indicated in Fig. 12, thus completing the wrapping of the loaf. which latter is now discharged` t'roiii the supporting table -11 on to the chiite It is obvious that the various operating parts ol` the machine. including the cams, are to be so proportioned and arranged that the several operations will be performed. in

proper sequence and :it the proper times. Ii is l'uillier evident that by each complete revolution oit llic driving. shafts 1 and 2 a coliiplete cycle ot operations will be perlorined to produce llic desired result. l

llavingl lhiis described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:h

l. lira wrapping' imicliinc. a supporting;` table` a l'ced chute supported vertically above the saine. means associated with the vl'eed chute 'for depositing an object upon `sheet ot' wrai'iping material previously placed upon the supporting table., vertically l movable devices toi' foldingl the sides et the sheet above the top ol llic object, vertically Yith the mate# pbject,

upon the ends of they iis laterally movable tuclring members toold flaps of the wrapping material upon theends of the object, vertically movable members for folding aps of the wrapping material upward upon the ends of theobject, and means for actuating the several sheet folding and tucking members in proper sequence.

2. In a wrapping machine, a vertically disposed feed chute, clamping members pivotally supported in said chute intermediate their upper and lower ends, arms associated with the clamping jaws near their lower ends and extending through slots in opposite sides of the feed chute, al contractile spring'connecting the arms extending from the two clamping jaws through one side of the feed chute to force the lower ends of said jaws toward'each other, and cam means to -intermittently engage the ends ot' the arms of the clamping members projecting through the opposite side of the t'eed chute to move said jaws apart against the tension of the spring.

Ina wrapping machine, a supporting table, slides supported for vertical movement adj acent to the sides of the table, folding members carried by the slides, flaps hingedly connected withthe folding members, means for tilting the flaps toward each other at the upper limit of the movement of the slides, means for advancing and for retracting the slides and related parts, and means for depositing an object to he wrapped upon a sheet o wrapping material previously placed upon the table.

4. ln a wrapping machine, a supporting table, means Jfor depositing an object to be wrapped upon a sheet of wrapping material previously1 placedupon the table, and means for folding the side portions of., the wrap ping material above the object, said means including vertically movable slides, folding members carried thereby, flapsA hingedly connected with the Jfolding members, a supporting plate having slots convergingly curved at their upper ends, upper and lower guide pins associated with the slides and operating in the slots, `levers ulcrulned upon the lower guide pins, stop members located in the paths of the innenends ot' said levers, and links connecting ythe outer ends of the levers with the hingediy supported flaps.

ln a wrapping machine, vertically 11- ciprocating slides, folding vblades carricels thereby, guide means tor said slides whereby the blades at the upward limit of the movement or the slides will bectilted toward each other, advancing means Aioithe slides, levers supported adjacent tooppoiite sides ot' eachv of said slides, tuclring blades car- -ried by said levers, spring means whereby the upper ends of the levers adjacent to each slide are forced apart and outward latter against the tension of the actuating springs upon the upward movement of the slides.

(l. In a wrapping machine, a pair of vertically disposed plates intersecting each other at right angles, a support rising from ,said plates, a table mounted upon said supporting means for .depositing an object to be wrapped on a sheet. of wrapping material previously placed upon the' table, means slidably associated with the plates/for folding the wrapping material upon the sides and above the top of theobject, for tucking the ends upon the object and for folding the end flap in an upward direction, independently supported means for folding the ends of the wrapping material downwardlupon the object, means for applying adhesive material carried by theglast mentioned folding cevices, and means for actuating the several folding and tuclring devices in proper folding devices carrying the means for applying adhesive material twice and the remaining tucking and folding devices once during each cycle of operation.

7. ln a wrapping machine, reciprocatory folding members, and means carried therenation with opposed reciproca-tory folding members, and means -lor actuating the first tuatiug the last mentioned folding members,

of operation. ,I

8. in a. wrapping` machine, a supporting table, means including a-A eed chute disposed vertically above the vtable for depositing an object to be wrapped upon a sheet of wrap'- ping material previously placed upon the portions of the wrapping material above the top oi the object, folding means associated with the iced chute toriolding and tucking the upper end portionsp-lthxwrap the object, laterally movable tucking meinbers for folding the side flaps ofthe wrap' ping material upon the ends of the object, means for jfolding the end flaps of the wrapping material upward upon the side flaps l previouslydiiolded upon the ends of the obmeans for' applying adhesive material cai Jlied by 'the 'folding members associated -with the feed chute, nieans for actuating the last mentioned folding members twice during each cycle of operation, and means ior actuating the remaining folding and tuclring devices once during eachcycle of operation and in proper' sequence.

l). lna wrapping machine, a supporting with reference to the slide and cams assotable, means including a feed chute supsequence, including means for actuating the I by tor applying adhesive material, in combi-` and means for again actuating the first ment-ioncd folding members during one cycle table, folding means for folding tliesidel ping material downward uponl'lie ends of.

ciated with the slides `for engagement l the lower ends of 'said levers to' force-,the

mentioned folding members, means for ac-4 poriiefl above said haba foi? ieposiug; :m objct 1:0 be Wrapped upfm a sheet of wr-viv-f l ping mmberiz previouszy plncd 0n *ai mbk, mmf-ably :supported fo'dingf and mzkimg' nwmbers for foldin the wrapping ,mw g te'in about the object and upon ith@ am" of tha latter, means for applying adhesive matfrizl] to the end flaps, said means Ming Carried by some of ih@ fodug Hmmbm's, l0 and meaxlsincluding suitably supported @TTU l L@ UTS HOFF, im. 

